In a time when most European metropolises find their planning options around their
airports increasingly limited, Paris is considering the development of its largest
strategic reserve of 1000ha – the Triangle de Gonesse – positioned in-between the
airport of Charles de Gaulle and le Bourget. The development of this last major land
reserve inside the metropolitan area is a unique opportunity to reposition Paris as a
city of excellence.

Our team Güller Güller – DHV – EBP - Van Beek won the urban planning
competition in 2008 and is now commissioned to elaborate a long-term development
strategy for the Triangle de Gonesse in the heart of the airport corridor of Paris
Charles de Gaulle, as well as an urban masterplan for 2 million m2 of real estate
development. The project aims at creating a real “airport corridor” for Paris, a
new “axe de compétitivité”, concentrated around a bundle of new
public transportation infrastructure and benefitting from the attractiveness of
the openness of the periurban agricultural landscape.

The masterplan for the development of the Triangle de Gonesse will distinguish
itself as a milestone in ‘sustainable urbanism’.